Chapter 483 - - 453 New Media Mentor_1

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Tsk!

Feng Chen flipped Jian Weiliang the bird behind his back, then turned to Duge and said, “Bro, you gotta be honest, we agreed you wouldn’t post videos yourself…”

“Brother Feng Chen, I think the titles of your videos aren’t very good. Even if you buy views with money, they won’t trend.” At this moment, Duge had already opened the video that Feng Chen had just posted. Zero click-through rate, zero views. Under Feng Chen’s account, there were many similar videos, and the ones with the most clicks only had a two-digit view count.

Duge also glanced at some of the popular videos that were listed before the one he just watched. Most of them were from well-known, high-level mecha pilots’ competitions with proper titles. Some were of Gu Qingyan’s battle videos.

One could say, these all relied on the fame of celebrities for traffic, basically all from formal news bodies, completely untouched by sensational titles.

“What’s wrong with it?” Feng Chen had planned to leave but stopped in his tracks upon hearing this.

“‘Treasure rookie mecha passes entrance examination by instantly killing examiner three times’ >-titles like this make people have no desire to click on them,” Duge shook his head and said, “I think if you change it to ‘Shocking, the most embarrassing moment in history, a mid-level pilot actually does this in an examination,’ ‘Shocking, a mid-level pilot gets brutally beaten by a rookie in the arena, may lose face to enter War Net again,’ ‘The strongest rookie in the entrance examination, even the examiner’s chest was blown open,’ ‘What did the examiner do wrong to be beaten up like this…’”

“…”

Feng Chen was initially dismissive, but as he pondered over the titles Duge came up with, he grew more excited.

Licking his lips incessantly, he was completely shocked by Duge’s suggestions.

At this moment.

He felt as if a brand-new door was slowly opening before him, behind which there was a glittering and splendid boulevard.

After a good while.

He finally snapped back to reality and rubbing his hands together, said, “Bro, did you study marketing?”

“No, I’m a mechanic,” replied Duge.

“A mechanic?” Feng Chen’s voice rose by an octave, “Holy shit, you’re actually a mechanic, and you’ve got a brain that should be in publicity, not repairing?”

“Actually, I’d rather be a battle warrior, but unfortunately, my spiritual power level is too low, so I can only get my fix on War Net,” Duge sighed and said, “Brother Feng Chen, I was just giving you a suggestion— if you don’t like it, don’t take it to heart…”

“Bro, let’s be friends, accept my friend request,” Feng Chen said, looking at Duge while sending him a contact request. Before, he thought Duge was just a rookie who had gotten lucky. Now, he felt Duge’s intellect was worth investing in.

“Better not,” Duge shook his head and declined, then with an embarrassed smile added, “Brother Feng Chen, I didn’t mean anything by it. You know I’m a mechanic studying at school. I like to focus on my studies and technology; I’m not too keen on interacting with others. Plus, I feel a man’s romance should be about the stars and the sea, amidst the torrents of steel—not to be hindered by worldly trivial matters in life…”

Being low-profile means staying consistent from beginning to end.

Feng Chen’s promotional skills were too low; hearing his conversation with Feiying, Duge deduced that he probably wouldn’t spend a lot of money to buy traffic either.

Waiting for this dude’s video to ferment naturally, who knows how many years it would take to trend.

In a few days, it might even get buried without a trace.

In order for his own influence to rise quickly, Duge had to speak up and give him a few pointers, but that was as far as he would go. He was absolutely not going to have any substantial interactions with Feng Chen.

Otherwise, what would be the difference between this and hyping himself up?

If his relationship with Feng Chen got exposed in the future, it would look as though he was playing both sides, and his public image would completely collapse.

So.

Hype should only be done by strangers who have nothing to do with him; this would highlight his low profile and mystique even more.

And Duge believed, once the clickbait model became popular, others would naturally follow suit.

At that time, all he needed to do was maintain a high-profile presence, and there would be no shortage of people to hype him up…

In the new media industry, being a low-key pioneer is enough.

“Bro, you’ve chosen a narrow path,” Feng Chen pondered the titles Duge suggested and felt they weren’t hard to come up with, so he no longer insisted on adding Duge as a friend, shaking his head he advised, “Even tech guys need to interact with others to live a better life.”

“It’s in my nature, I guess! I like peace and quiet, not too fond of my life being disturbed by others, Brother Feng Chen, sorry,” Duge said with a smile.

“Whatever you say,” Feng Chen laughed indifferently, “If the video trends, just don’t blame me for not sharing the money with you.”

“I won’t, my need for money isn’t that great,” Duge said with a nonchalant smile, gesturing with his hand then turning to leave gracefully, “Brother Feng Chen, I hope you make a fortune. I’m off.”

“Goodbye.” Watching Duge walking away, Feng Chen shook his head and scoffed, “A fool who turns down money…”

However, he quickly put Duge out of his mind, edited the video he’d just uploaded with the titles Duge suggested, and chose to re-send it.

After hesitating for a moment.

He still took out some War Net Coins and bought some traffic for his new video.

Deep down, Feng Chen had a premonition that this video would explode.

Moreover, Duge’s pointers had opened a new door for him; suddenly, he felt that being a video blogger might have more prospects than a mech pilot…

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After defeating the examiner, War Net would automatically issue Duge a certificate for a junior mech pilot.

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